It's rather a blustery day! Good afternoon, ya'll. The rain has been coming down in sheets. Thankfully, school was out today due to the impending weather.
Cabbage , leprechauns and sharmrocks!!!!
The hutch is all decked out in greens and St. Patricks's Day Country Clutter. I just have a wee collection of items, but I certainly have crammed every nook and cranny on these shelves. ☘☘
Lots of stitching and most of them are freebies that I have stitched over the years.
I layered white ironstone plates, vintage green transferware and some shamrock plates in the background, and then I got busy pulling out the fun stuff. I always have to add my few pieces of ceramic cabbages.
On the top shelf is the darling cabbage tea pot that I showed you in a previous thrift haul.
Why hello there, "Erin Ewe". Erin is sitting in her Irish cap with sprigs of shamrocks tucked in beside her. Is she not a doll?
Beside her is a freebie from Notforgotten Farms called "Shamrock Basket" . It was one of my 2022 St. Patty's Day favorite stitches.
Behind the stitches is an old Tandrotine paint thinner bottle. I just love the colors and graphics. It is a treasure of my dear sister who loved to collect old bottles and vintage items like I do.
Years ago I found the cabbage tureen at the Goodwill. I always keep my eyes peeled for such pieces. Beside it is "March - A Year in Chalk" by Hands on Design. Below it is a little sampler called Shamrock Blessings . I stitched it last year.
Let's shimmy on down to the 2nd shelf. Ooooh more cabbage pieces including a plate, a salt shaker and a small tureen. Can you tell I am cabbage crazy?
Gotta have a leprechaun ! Lucky Stamp is finished in the corner and is displayed on a Dollar General frame easel.
"Shamrock Quilt Block" which I shared on Tuesday is front and center. It is finished on a Dollar Tree chalkboard.
Does that leprechaun figurine not bring a smile? He is cute as a green button!!! And whenever you are "Puttin on the Green" you have to have a John Deere tractor. Lucky the Leprechaun has a small one right below his feet for his riding pleasure. ☘😄
"March Squared" is a freebie by Linda Stolz of Erica Michaels ,and it is on Rainbow Gallery website in the 2003 Cross Stitcher's Surprise series. I just tucked it into a Dollar Tree bowl that is sitting on my vintage juicer.
Oh goodness! The third shelf is just as full as the 1st two.
My favorite gal is hard at work . You know her - Annie and the gang in Shamrocks, Gold and Chickens which was finished on a wooden box that I bought at the thrift store. Right now I have it turned on its side and a vintage bowl is on top filled with a wool pillow with my grandson's handprint on it , a green doily and a shamrock ponytail holder which is spraying out the sides.
Two years ago Mr. Pinker bought me this little green truck wax warmer. I do not use it for that. I just hide the cord and usually display it somewhere. In the back of the truck is "Got Luck" a 2011 freebie from Plum Street Sampler. The little sheep on the cauliflower creamer is from the Dollar General in the Fairy Garden section . That darling was only a $1.00.
The wool shamrock mug rug is a free design from Shabby Fabrics. You can see a glimpse of it below the green truck.
Did you notice the little rooster and goose next to my stitch? Those are from my Christmas tree village. They are too cute to pack away until Christmas.
During the winter, Dollar General had their fairy garden items on clearance and I was over the moon to get the lighted fairy house for a dollar as well, but I am calling it a leprechaun's house.
On the old scale is a bowl from my sis with two freebies in it. "Kiss Me" was a freebie by Nancy Bandzuch and is available on her blog Catholic Sprouts . "You are My Lucky Charm" is one of my freebies that I stitched up in two shakes of a lamb's tail . Yep it was that quick.
Alrighty ya'll, that is my country clutter of a hutch for St. Patricks' Day. I won't lie . I have been eyeing as to whether I could squeeze one more St. Patrick's Day piece on there, but I haven't found an inch of space yet. 😀, but I will. Lol. Thank you for the sweet afternoon visit , and. ...
As always,
Happy Stitching and Quilting, ya'll
Melisa
Never iron four leaf clover ; you do not want to press your luck.
Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵
Dedicated to my dear baby sister, Amy . Lots of treasures she has gifted me is on these shelves. Love and miss you, Amo.
